Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-03-26
THE WHITE HOUSE
AS IT APPEARS TO THE NAKED EYE
 OF THE PUBLIC.

UT tFG FOoIlO.
 The Asphalt Drive and the Sandstone
 tIbuIe-FurrIture and Decorations-On | the Second TlOOr-Csbinst Room
 The White House is truly beautiful, and | it should be, for it has cost since the begin ming nearly S2, 100000 Amid all it's mag niiicence, however, there arc many bits of the commonplace, and in that part of it which is daily viewed by the public eye, it | is in places actually shabby. In this letter I want to describe the business part of the l White House as il strikes the average ,aller. It Is a great white building of two stories and basement with porte cochere in its front ana an iron railing tipped with brass l gliding at the side. It has big lawn in front of it and there is a fountain scouting Gp a spray in the center of this. The front door is reached by crecSent of asphalt drives, in the cop of which lies this porte eochere This asphalt Is cracked in places and it gives back all the rays Of the sun dur ing the heated summer months Along its gile runs a foot walk as wide as an Ortlin- ary pavement. and the material of this is plain sandstone in blocks about two feet square
 The landing under the porte cochere is of the saIne ordinary sandstone. and as you go Tp to it you can look over the iron railing and see the presidents servant ironing his shirts and other Unmentionable family gar mcnts in the laundry of the basement Rais- ing your eyes. you note that Holland shades of n cream color cover the windows of the cast room, and walking up the sandstone steps you reach the front door, and here note that its step is also of sandstone, a part of which is painted brown In front of this door lies 6 big straw colOred mat of cocoa, laid there for you to wipe your feet upon before entering.
 The front doors of the White House are Sf walnut. They are double doors and into each Is set an oval piece of plate glass with panels of mosaic glass about it. Through this oval glass the doOrkeepers can See who wish to enter, and if they are Objec- tionable, can refuse to open the door. In one of them on the inside Q card hangs. This card is made of tin, and upon it in black letters are painted the words:
 "Open 10 a. m, closed p. m"
 It was after o'clock when called and she house was closed to visitors The door bell Of the White House Is at the right of the entrance. It is of bronze and rather pretty The door knob was especially de- signed for this door. It is as big around as base ball, and 1t has sn American eagle cut into it's brass face.
 Entering tho White House through these big front dOors you first stand in great vestibule or hall This is a cOnglomeration of the grand and the cheap. The floor k of tiled mosaic, and probably cost several dol laTs a square foot. The wall before you was made by Tiffany. It shuts you od from the grand corridor where the guests promen- ade at the state receptions, and in which the portraits of all the presidents hang. It Is c splendid piece of glass mosaic which shines like SO many jewels in the evening. The chandelier in the center of this vcsti- bale h a beauty and the walls and the cell | ings are frescoed. Thus far the room is | beautiful But look around you. Two cheap rough cocoa door mats lie upon the mosaic floor The woodwork of the vesti- bulo has been grained to represent black walnut, and vanished and this varnish is cracked like an old picture. Beside the door entering the hail, which leads to the second story, there ts a walnut umbrella stand which would be dear at 8, and in the hall beyond at the foot of the stairs. lies a Smyrna rug which long ago saw it's best days.
 This hall. and indeed tho stairs which lead to the presidents offices as well. are car peted with an old piece of brussels, which was good once, but which would not now bring fifty cents at auction. Against the | wall sit e couple of $3 wicker chairs, and over the desk at the foot of tho stairs hangs a calendar bearing at its top the advertise ment of a railroad. This carpet has been patched to fit. It has been sswed and reserved, and al the edges of the breadths the nap is well worn away A strip Of the same carpet, with a six-inch border sewed to each side of it, cOvers the stairs and this stair carpet is fastened by silver hsade1 nails at each step.
 ON THE NEXT FLOOR,
 Ascend the stairs. Each step Is worn threadbars by the tread of thousands of office seekers, and at the top Of the landing white path of the well-worn brussels marks tho road to tls presidents reception room Stop here a moment and look be fore you. There is a window looking out upon Lafayette park. This is Oruamented with a lambrequin of green silk which was Gne once, but which is now faded, stained l threadbare, and shabby. It looks eS though | is might have been bought at the auction Of l a second class boarding house. Holland | si dc vii in it hides its shabbiness from the/
 walk along the path of the office S. Go through thoss wide toorS of wai..ut which aro fastened back at the bot tom by five cent iron hooks and you stand iE the presence of Col. LOeffler, the man who receives the cards of visitors and takes them in Co the president. There are no seats here Co speak Of LOefler sits on walnut swivel chair before a flat walnut desk, gnd the only furniture about him consists Of two high-bacSed chairs, painted red which look as though they were intended for lawn or front porch.
 Col. Lamont has a very fsGr room, andS ID is moderately furnished. There ght by BK- case at one side. and atsnd DeIt~parts ot the room two revolv5ODr665Ecases made of walnut whir's fis56ably cost S16 apiece. There arg china spittoons in this room and Oi furniture is upholstered in red leather. Lamont has a chair of state big enough for the fattest king that ever sat upon throne. His desk is big fat walnut one and it k usually covered with papers, and the colonel Is a very hard worked man.
 The cabinet room and that of the Presi- dent are Of courSe, better furnished than those I have so far described. President Cleveland works behind desk which was a present from Queen Victoria, and around him hang beautiful pictures, and at his right hand blazeS a bright fire. At his back are windows giving magnificent views of the Potomac and the Virginia hills, and in the shelves of the bookcases around the walls is the White House hbrary.-Frank C. Car 1uter in Cleveland Leader.
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